>son: look at me die>father: na, son, i smite
McCarter's translation is better in every single way
>>25233212Nice bait anon
>>25233217Sorry. Only better in meter, fidelity and readability and beauty. Otherwise Mandelbaum mogs here
>>25233206The Greek stuff is just so much better than the Roman stuff. The last couple of books are a torture, but the ending is great.
>>25233206>>25233212For me it's AD Melville, and sometimes Arthur Golding if I'm in the mood for rhymed verse.
>>25233796Melville's meter and fidelity are miserable. If I want rhyme verse, I gotta go with The Canterbury Tales, or the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, or that sort of thing. Not golding
>>25233800To each their own. I read 10 pages of each of the popular contemporary translations and found Melville to be the most enjoyable. Until I can read Latin well enough to actually enjoy Metamorphoses in full, I will be reading my Melville, and occasionally my Golding.
>>25233815If you prefer them to McCarter then you would probably prefer them to the Latin as well
>>25233822This is a completely nonsensical thing to argue. They are not even so different enough to argue that fidelity is poor in one or the other, but I can tell you which one is better stylistically, which one flows better in the English language spoken aloud, and that is Melville.A.D. Melville :"So love's fireConsumed the god, his whole heart was aflame, And high the hopes that stoked his fruitless passion. He sees the loose disorder of her hair And thinks what if it were neat and elegant! He sees her eyes shining like stars, her lips— But looking's not enough!—her fingers, hands, Her wrists, her half-bare arms—how exquisite! And sure her hidden charms are best! But she Flies swifter than the lightfoot wind nor stops To hear him calling"Stephanie McCarter: "The god went up in flames. His whole heart burns. He nourishes his sterile love with hope. Seeing the loose hair down her neck, he says, “Suppose that it were styled!” He sees her eyes, gleaming like stars, her lips—but those it’s not enough to see. He marvels at her fingers, her hands, her arms, her shoulders (nearly bare). The parts he cannot see he thinks are better. Quick like the wind she flees and does not stop when with these words he calls her back"
>>25233206I got the fucking one with a rap battle and now I don’t know what to do. It’s beautifully written at a glance
